Getting Arrested in Wilmington During World War II

From the March 12, 2014, Wilmington (NC) Star-News "Back Then." //// MARCH 4, 1944: Even at war, crime continued on the homefront in Wilmington, BC, which was bustling during the war, having its population double with the influx of workers at the shipyard and soldiers and families at nearby Camp Davis. //// During the month of February, Wilmington police reported 537 arrests. For assault with a deadly weapon, 21; assault with a deadly weapon on a female, 22; //// drunk, 133; drunk and disorderly, 25; disorderly conduct, 18; adultery, 12; ; larceny and receiving, 27; operating a car while intoxicated, 13; occupying the same bedroom for immoral purposes, 15; speeding, 21; and vagrancy, 28. //// Kind of ineteresting to see people being arrested for adultery or occupying a room for immoral purposes. And, they had DUIs back then as well. //// Wilmington At War. --GreGen